Breastfeeding Rates in Kansas

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes state by state breastfeeding rates in its annual Breastfeeding Report Card for the U.S. The 2016 report card offers a snapshot of rates for the most current year (2013) for which data are available and a comparison with other states. [note: from 2014, report cards are released biennially]. Kansas rates are listed in the table below, compared with the breastfeeding goals of Healthy People 2020. To see the complete report, including the rates of other states, visit http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/index.htm.